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  mic

  noun

  microphone.
• Mic.
  Mic.

  abbreviation

  Micah.

mic

¹ American  

[mahyk] / maɪk /

noun

Informal.

• mics
  plural

1. microphone.

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idioms

1. drop the mic,

   1. to intentionally drop one’s microphone at the end of a speech or performance, displaying a bold confidence that it has been very impressive or cannot be topped.

   2. to say or do something with such a bold confidence.

      He clearly dropped the mic on his critics, effectively cutting off further discussion.

Mic. ² American  

abbreviation

Bible.

1. Micah.

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Mic. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. Micah

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mic ² British  

/ maɪk /

noun

1. informal short for microphone

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mics
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mic

First recorded in 1960–65; by shortening

Example Sentences

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On Wednesday, the world’s only $5 trillion company reported its second-quarter earnings, which included the blockbuster mic drop that the company expects its revenue to grow much faster than Wall Street analysts had been expecting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

"She's not only an incredible performer - she doesn't pop on the mic like I do - songwriter and musician, but also an incredibly kind and giving person and a real deal activist."

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Ever wonder why Mellencamp passes the mic to a few of his bandmates in the second verse?

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026

Tobias Gough’s duty was simple: wheel out the heavy, bespoke wooden lectern and test the mic whenever a premier was about to resign or make their first speech to the nation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

He laughed and began coughing harshly into the mic, digging into his back pocket for a handkerchief to spit in.

From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds

Of this sort are they that build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity; that judge for reward, and teach for hire, and divine for money, and lean upon the Lord; Mic. iii.

From The Jerusalem Sinner Saved; or, Good News for the Vilest of Men by John Bunyan

Mic. iv. 1-4; Is. ii. 2-4; Zech. ix.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

Man is commanded in the law: "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself;" compare Mic. vi.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

But that passage of Jeremiah refers to Mic. iii.

From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg

They thought the many good services they did to God might compense all their wrongs, Mic. vi.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Hugh Binning

A high-school dropout, Chizi began doing stand-up at open mics in 2015.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

And here in the melee in the ring, in his great moment, Rocky doesn’t boast or dance, turns away from the mics being thrust in his face.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

What was it like for you as you were discovering your voice through open mics at Project Blowed?

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

Podcasting can be a great business if you’re good at it, but I’m not sure anyone has ever been this adept at milking shareholder value out of a pair of mics.

From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2026

The first conversation the mics picked up was an exchange between Heisenberg and the physicist Kurt Diebner.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin